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RUIN
?SYNTAX ERROR
READY.
TYPE MISMATCH··The left-handed side of an assignment statement was a numeric variable and the
right-hand side was a string, or vice versa; or a function which expected a string argument was given a
numeric one, or vice versa.
A$~5
?TYPE MISMATCH ERROR
READY.
UNDEF'D STATEMENT··An attempt was made to GOTD, GOSUB, or THEN to a statement which does not
exist.
GOTOA
?UNDEF'D STATEMENT ERROR
READY.
UNDEF'D FUNCTION·-Reference was made to a user defined function which had never been defined.
X
=
FNA(3)
?UNDEF'D FUNCTION ERROR
READY.
Operating System Messages and Meanings
BAD DATA··Numeric data was expected but alpha data was received when inputing from a special
device.
DEVICE NOT PRESENT-- No device on the IEEE was present to handshake an
attention sequence. Status will have a value of 2 which corresponds to a time out. May happen on OPEN,
CLOSE, CMD, INPUT#, GET#, PRINT#
OPEN 5,4,3, 'FILE'
?DEVICE NOT PRESENT ERROR
READY.
FILE NOT FOUND--The named files specified in OPEN or LOAD was not found on the device specified. In
the case of tape 1/0, an end of tape mark was encountered. In disk 110, the disk timed out when
attempting to open the file, thus producing this message:
LOAD 'FILE', 15
?FILE NOT FOUND ERROR
READY.
FILE NOT OPEN··The operating system must have device number and command information provided by
the OPEN statement. If an attempt is made to read or write a file without having done this previously, then
this message appears:'
CLR
INPUTN10,A
?FILE NOT OPEN ERROR
READY.
FILE OPEN--An attempt to redefine file parameter Information by repeating an OPEN command on the
same file twice.
OPEN 1,4,1
OPEN 1,4,1
?FILE OPEN ERROR
READY.
LOAD-Gnly ccurs when loading a program from cassette tape. This means that there were more than 31
errors in the first tape block or that there were errors in exactly the same corresponding positions of both
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